git add -u by default for "a" hotkey, LMB to add untracked

[bread-mountain4]

As of at least version 0.66 my workaround for the "a" keybinding to do a git add -u instead of a git add . has stopped working because it seems that double LMB on an untracked file no longer tracks it. Is there another way to make this workaround work, or is there a config option to change this behavior?

I have this in my config.yml

customCommands:
  - key: "a"
    context: "files"
    command: "git add -u"
    description: "Add all tracked files"
    loadingText: "Adding tracked files"

My specific workflow is this: by default I would like lazygit to not track untracked files when pressing "a". Yes, I do use gitignore however the temp files I end up generating during development often have similar patterns as the files I do want to track. This isn't a case of just needing to blanket ignoring *.o files in .gitignore, I have a lot of WIP that I don't want to accidentally commit.

I also know about git clean and ideally keeping the working tree clean but it's just simply not how I work. Before using lazygit I was using plain git and probably 90% of the time it was git add -u and only 10% git add ..

Can the double LMB click on a file or directory to start tracking it be brought back again? Or is there a non-workaround way to set this behavior in config for the "a" key without a custom command?

[stefanhaller]

It is true that double-click has changed in 0.66 to focus the main view rather than stage or unstage a file as before. There was no real strong reason for making that change, except that double-click should generally do the same as pressing enter, and enter has previously entered the staging panel; now that there is no staging panel any more, enter focuses the main view (which is the equivalent action), and I changed double-click to do the same for consistency.

But I don't understand what that has to do with your add -u workaround. To stage or unstage a file (including an untracked one), you press space on it; this hasn't changed in 0.66. You can also press space on the root of the working tree (the ▼ / at the top), this also includes untracked files.

Or is there a non-workaround way to set this behavior in config for the "a" key without a custom command?

No, there isn't currently. I could consider adding a config that lets you choose whether a includes -u or not, but I don't see how that would change anything for the "problem" of the changed double-click behavior. Let me know if I'm missing something.

[bread-mountain4]

Thanks I did not know about that hotkey. As long as the custom commands workaround for reassigning the a key is supported long term then this works.